I was also concerned about that at first but on most passes I log a significant number of packet receptions, so while adjusting for RX doppler might help to some degree, it’s definitely not a deal-breaker.
(I also learned not to judge your effectiveness by the number of packets you iGate to ariss.net; it appears that duplicates only show up once. So, to REALLY know how well you’re doing, check the log file on the iGate or use an external app to monitor it on another PC)
-Scott
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From: Mike Thompson Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 11:01 AM To: Scott Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] APRStk ? Or other?
I wonder how hard it would be to get the raspberry pi to download TLE's every now and then, and apply doppler correction to the downlink iGate frequency. on 70cm, this might be a big deal.
On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Scott scott23192@gmail.com wrote:
Hey Dave.
It takes longer to read the instructions that it does to setup a Raspberry Pi to be an iGate.
When the ISS digipeater changed to 70cm, there were not enough iGates so I thought it might be fun to throw one together. There are numerous how-to's online, but this one is perhaps the most straight-forward:
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/Raspberry-Pi-SDR-IGate.pd...
... unfortunately, the way the document was created you won't be able to copy/paste commands. But regardless, it's not a difficult process if you have even the slightest familiarity with a Pi or linux in general.
Hope that helps!
-Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA
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-----Original Message----- From: Dave via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 9:57 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] APRStk ? Or other?
Hi All
I'm setting up an autonomous sat gate using a spare Kenwood TMD700. I seem to remember that once upon a time there was a DOS program called APRStk that could Doppler correct the TMD700.
Does anyone know of a more up to date alternative that would run on a Pi or Pi Zero?
Regards Dave EI4HT / M0GIW